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      9 November

      ‘Works to India’s advantage,’ says Jaishankar on buying Russian oil; reiterates ‘return to dialogue’ on Ukraine crisis

      External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that India`s relationship with Russia has worked to its advantage and New Delhi would like to keep that going. Jaishankar, who is in Moscow, reaffirmed strong ties with Russia, describing the country as a steady and time-tested partner. Jaishankar made these remarks during a joint press conference along with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. The duo on Tuesday held talks covering a range of bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest.  Jaishankar on India-Russia relations The external affairs minister said his presence in Moscow to review bilateral cooperation speaks volumes about India-Russia cooperation. The minister also said that today`s meeting is devoted to exchanging perspectives on the international situation and also interests. He…

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    • 9 November

      UK couple jailed for 6 years for leaving children uncared for with 35 dogs in house

      A couple in the United Kingdom’s East Sussex was jailed on Monday for the ill-treatment of their children by leaving them uncared with 35 dogs in a house. The accused, Christopher Bennett (35) and Gemma Brogan (41), were sentenced to six years in jail after pleading guilty at Lewes Crown Court to seven counts of child neglect. The couple, who used to receive 7,000 euros a month (nearly 57,000 rupees) to take care of children, did not spend a penny on their well-being, noted the court which ordered their sentence. The couple had a toxic relationship and it was one of their domestic incidents which led the police to their house. Upon entering the house, the police officers found 35 dogs…

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    • 9 November

      Migrant at Manston pinned to fence and dragged away after trying to speak to reporters

      A migrant was pinned to a fence and dragged away after he tried to speak to reporters at the Manston processing centre. Photographers were taking pictures at the site in Kent when the man shouted “help” – repeatedly – and waved towards the cameras. Staff asked him to stop after he claimed he had been at the site for 30 days. When he refused to cease shouting he was photographed being pinned against a fence by four or five members of staff before being dragged away. It happened shortly after a group of MPs from three parliamentary committees visited the site amid concerns about overcrowding. SNP MP Anum Qaisar said she had seen “tents with young children inside them”, adding:…

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    • 8 November

      What to watch on Tuesday at COP27

      World leaders will take the stage again on Tuesday as the COP27 climate summit enters its second full day. Among the expected speakers are outspoken advocates for measures to compensate poor, climate-vulnerable countries for damage already being wrought by global warming. They include Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan, which was recently hit by devastating floods, and the leaders of small island nations Tuvalu and Antigua and Barbuda, which are susceptible to hurricanes and sea-level rise. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, will also speak on Tuesday, along with European Council President Charles Michel, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and dozens of others. U.S. President Joe Biden won’t arrive until next week, but his delegation will open…

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    • 8 November

      Inferno tears through 35-storey skyscraper near the world’s tallest building

      A massive fire broke out at a 35-story apartment building in Dubai in the early hours of this morning. Videos circulating online show flames racing up the Emaar skyscraper, near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. Chunks of debris can also be seen falling on the ground as emergency services arrive at the scene in Downtown Dubai. It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured in the blaze or what caused it. Bindu Rai, who lives in a building opposite the scene, said the fire started around 2.20am. ‘My mother woke up when the fire started as her entire room was lit up,’ Ms Rai told the National News. ‘My building faces Boulevard 8 and from what appeared to…

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    • 8 November

      Indian-American gets Amazon award to study machine learning systems

      New York: Pavithra Prabhakar, an Indian-American professor of computer science at the Kansas State University, has received an Amazon Research Award to design a tool that minimises negative user experiences. Prabhakar, who is the Peggy and Gary Edwards chair in engineering, was one of 74 recipients of the awards from Amazon, which also includes an unrestricted gift, access to more than 300 Amazon public datasets, and Amazon Web Services’ artificial intelligence and machine learning services and tools. The tool designed by Prabhakar would be utilized to minimise disruptive changes to user experience of machine learning-based software systems as the product is refined and retrained over time. “The broad objective of the project is to automatically characterize how much two versions of…

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    • 8 November

      Coronavirus cases in China hit 6-month high despite zero-Covid tolerance measures

      It seems like even as the world moves on from the Covid-19 pandemic to deal with its aftermath, China is still reeling under the throes of the virus and manmade policies. On November 6, China reported the highest number of Covid infections in six months, despite sticking to a zero-Covid tolerance policy. China reported 4,420 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the highest since May 6. A day earlier, China had reported 3,659 cases.  However, most cases are asymptomatic.  In the southern city of Guangzhou, 66 new symptomatic cases were reported along with 1,259 new asymptomatic cases.  In Beijing, 43 symptomatic and 6 asymptomatic cases were reported.  Though the numbers are still well below global standards, the rise in infections combined with…

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    • 8 November

      UK scraps plans to build a new ‘national flagship’

      Britain on Monday (October 7) cancelled plans to build a new “national flagship” to host trade events and promote its post-Brexit interests around the world, as the government cuts spending amid gloomy economic forecasts. The ship was championed by former prime minister Boris Johnson after Britain came out of the European Union grouping. It was aimed at providing a global platform for high level trade negotiations and British business products. It was also expected to play a role in delivering the country’s foreign and security policies, including by hosting summits and other diplomatic talks. But new leader Rishi Sunak and defence minister Ben Wallace have torpedoed the plans as finance minister Jeremy Hunt prepares to deliver a painful financial statement…

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    • 8 November

      Putin tells Macron Hiroshima is proof ‘you don’t have to launch nuclear strike on major city to win war’

      Vladimir Putin told French president Emmanuel Macron that the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki show “you don’t need to attack major cities in order to end a war,” according to reports. The threat of a Russian atomic strike – particularly one with tactical nuclear weapons which are designed to cause devastation on the battlefield – has been speculated on at the highest level by Ukraine and Western allies. Reports in the US media said Washington had intelligence showing that senior Russian officials had recently held conversations to discuss when and how Moscow might use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine. But many in the West doubt the Russian president would risk the global backlash that would follow the crossing of so firm…

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    • 8 November

      Rishi Sunak wants to await Gavin Williamson inquiry result before deciding whether to sack him

      Prime minister asked about minister’s future as judgment called into question over Williamson’s reappointment. Rishi Sunak has said he wants to await the outcome of the inquiry into the aggessive messages sent by Gavin Williamson to a fellow Tory MP before deciding whether or not to sack him from his ministerial post. Sunak has stressed the importance of working with countries like France to cut the number of small boat Channel crossings, and said that talks with EU leaders on the subject at Cop27 left him with “renewed confidence and optimism” about being able to address the problem. See 4.32pm. Sunak has pledged the UK’s continued support for conserving threatened forests around the world, through a funding programme covering a third of…

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